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Saturday's presidents race coup attempt by Jayson Werth stirred up expectations for more 4th-inning fireworks during Sunday's home season finale at Nationals Park.
After Werth proclaimed that ""If Teddy can't win, then no one wins," speculation was rampant that one of two things would happen: either the Nats would succumb to popular pressure, or Werth would make a third attempt to secure a Bull Moose victory on his own.
But just before Sunday's first pitch, Werth was asked privately about his plans, and his answer revealed all readers need to know about the anti-Teddy conspiracy in the Nationals front office.
"It's bigger than me, man. It's bigger than me," he said, shaking his head. "I gave it my best shot."
Whatever talking-to Werth received from Nationals management, and despite any assurances he gave them, it was clear nonetheless when Sunday's race began that they weren't taking any chances on another coup attempt in the season finale.
As the presidents were being introduced, the Nationals trotted out That Cat to patrol the first base line, flexing his muscles as if to dare Teddy to try to cross his path. Momma Screech stood by as well, in case reinforcements were needed.
As added protection against another right field revolt, the Nats moved the finish line to the third base side. After Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt began their usual route, Jefferson came out and bolted the other way towards left field and the new finish line.
As That Cat took down Tom, Abe, and Teddy in succession, Thomas Jefferson cruised across the tape uncontested.
Tom's victory moved him into an improbable and first-ever season-ending tie with Abe Lincoln for the 2011 presidents race crown. If not for Werth's antics on Saturday, Jefferson would have had the opportunity to win the title outright.
Meanwhile, the team's rebuke of Werth is a rude awakening for Teddy fans who had hoped for an end to the conspiracy. After 441 races, the Rough Rider will enter the 2012 season without a single win, and the powers that be at the Nationals appear hell-bent on keeping it that way.
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Though it seemed counterintuitive in the insta-opinion era ("hashtag" #mytake, "hashtag" #Fallon), I decided to wait even just a few nights to more fully consider host Jimmy Fallon's relaunch this week of NBC's "The Tonight Show."
Collective online chatter about the show has declared the move to be rather seamless and long overdue. The ratings are strong (with more than 7 million viewers nightly so far, in the honeymoon stage) and the clips (Fallon joining a barbershop quartet to sing R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)"; a brilliant rendition of the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" fastidiously quilted from the archives of NBC anchors Brian Williams and Lester Holt's newscasts) have gone from merely viral to pandemic.
Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" is apparently all but a smoldering memory in Burbank now. Three nights in, Fallon's show is an effervescent and even hyperactive expression of adolescent joy, working overtime (on an after-Olympics delay) to please anyone who happens to watch it, whether as a broadcast endeavor or as a social-network GIF/digestif.
This "Tonight Show" is also resolutely similar to the "Late Night" show Fallon had been doing in the 12:35 slot after Leno, the look and feel of which, if memory serves, evolved as a response to a galling discovery in Fallon's earliest episodes: For all his talents as a performer, the host was and mostly still is terrible at interviewing people.
He is fawning, stuttering, easily distracted and smarmy beyond the call of the duty; he is always telling his guests that their latest whatever (movie, TV show, record, White House initiative) was great, amazing, just amazing, great, so great.
That's how Fallon rolls. His is not to question, but to revel. From the moment he took the stage Monday and waved hello to his parents in the audience, Fallon has spent the week underlining the fact that he is the very bestest little boy ever, who wants nothing more than to make you even just half as happy watching "The Tonight Show" as he is to be on it. He laughs too hard at his guests' light anecdotes (he doubles over in laughter at just about anything) and is so much more in his element when they indulge him in a planned comedic bit rather than in a conversation.
In 2014, this is not a crime by any stretch. We prize positivity and energy above almost any human characteristics these days, which means that "The Tonight Show" is unfortunately no longer looked at as a venue for inquiry or difficulty or doubt. On Fallon's stage, we are all essentially Muppet versions of the people we used to be.
That's mostly a win-win for the audience, as when guest Kristen Wiig came from behind Fallon's stripey blue (vaguely Johnny Carson-esque) stage curtains Wednesday dressed as British teen idol Harry Styles and tried to stay in a character for whom she (seemingly) has no clue about in the slightest. Or when Bradley Cooper, after the briefest "American Hustle"-related chit-chat in the same episode, accepted Fallon's invitation to abandon the guest chair/desk scenario and cross the stage to play a game of charades with musical guest Tim McGraw and a "surprise" fourth guest, actress Emma Thompson.
"The Tonight Show" is now much more of a recess playground than it has ever been. In a faint way, it is building on Carson's tradition of hosting a show that exists chiefly to celebrate showbiz, a safe space for stars in the club. (Speaking of which, I have taken delight in Joan Rivers's embittered victory lap around the infotainment sphere after she made a brief cameo in Fallon's first episode Monday night; once Carson's substitute host, Rivers has been exiled from "Tonight" since she attempted to launch her own late-night talk show in 1986 — a ban that extended far too long through Leno's reign.)
Jerry Seinfeld, who came on the show Tuesday night for a surprisingly sharp, kids-get-off-my-lawn dose of his current stand-up material, sat on Fallon's couch and observed how this iteration of "The Tonight Show" is like a science project under glass. Over the next 20 or 30 years, Seinfeld surmised, we can watch as the show chips away at Fallon's preternatural vim and verve; we can see if he gets divorced or psychologically and/or sexually scandalized; we will be able to see what he looks like, Seinfeld said, after "600,000 consecutive hours of 'Thank-You Notes' and Justin Timberlake song parodies."
Fallon laughed and laughed at this. It's his only response to any hint of darkness, for he is a man who will always, always supply a "just kidding" to the meanest jokes and asides, which are never that mean and never too far aside.
Not so on other networks, and if they're smart, Fallon's competitors will amp up their talents for cynicism and a style of pushback that extends beyond parody. While Fallon goofs off, David Letterman can remain a sure spot for politicians to lightheartedly engage popular culture and repair mixed messages, especially during a campaign season, without having to extend their comedy chops beyond reading a Top Ten list. (Not everyone, after all, can Slow Jam the News, Fallon-style.)
If he has any response to Fallon's debut at all, Letterman would do well to relocate and hone his wry and contrary side, his Midwestern grip on irony. After all, Fallon is the host who waves to his parents in the audience; Letterman is the one who sent his mom to cover the Lillehammer Olympics and then made endearing fun of her broadcasting ineptitude.
For keen contrast to Fallon you can't do much better than ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the show that stands to gain most when people tire of the Lorne Michaels/"Saturday Night Live" clubhouse feel that has taken over "The Tonight Show." At 46, Kimmel is closest in age to Fallon (who is 39), and yet Kimmel's idea of immaturity and irreverence seems so much more, well, adult. Part of it is that Kimmel is just better and more precise with his darts.
Fallon belongs to the prevailing every-kid-gets-a-trophy mind-set, while Kimmel hasn't forgotten that those kids sometimes still need a wedgie. Kimmel's show is also just as adroit as Fallon's, if not more so, at harnessing the possibilities of the Internet. Kimmel is willing to displease his audience by fooling them with fake viral videos. He likes to be sneaky and cynical. Where Fallon likes to let everyone in on the joke, Kimmel is enthralled by hoax and not afraid of pouring too much salt.
What remains in all this is a surfeit of choice, which, once the hype dies off, becomes a crowded and redundant field of men behind desks and the usual cycle of guests. Even with so many late-night talk shows, it is still possible to tune them all out in favor of a "Friends" rerun or HGTV's "Property Brothers." If anything interesting happens on a late-night talk show, it will be clipped and ready and waiting for you the minute you pick up your phone the next morning.
But back to Fallon, in a suitably upbeat way: He's good at this job and works a lot harder than he has to. He has the right band (the Roots, who went a bit "Electric Company" funk on the new theme song) and the right balance. Fallon complies, respectfully and skillfully, with "The Tonight Show's" apparently inviolable formats (the opening monologue of jokes; the fact that at least part of the show must be conducted from his desk) as a bridge to the more goofy and innovative sketch comedy he prefers. He keeps looking for ways to delight us, surprise us. It can so easily stray into irritation — and the yawning brought on by all the fawning — but you can't really fault the guy for trying to send people to bed happy.
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There is a very good article at myitforum.com about task sequences in SCCM and if you are new on that topic you can find the article here.
Task Sequences in SCCM Part 1 Fundamentals
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So sorry that there has been a bit of a lag between Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. This should be the final chapter of what I call "My Trip Out West" – or as the title suggests – "Over the Rainbow." After all, I was only four years old – almost five. So everything about this trek from Ohio to the Pacific Ocean and back was magical!
In the last installment, Mom, Dad, and I were finishing up our time at Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and Marine Land in California. From there we drove to Victorville, California which sits on the edge of the Mojave Desert in San Bernadino County.
We spent September 21 and 22 at the home of Captain and Mrs. H.B. Alexander, friends of my parents. September 21 was my mother's birthday. I thoroughly believed my mom was 29 because as is common, once she passed a "certain" birthday milestone, she always said she was only 29. Wow – imagine my surprise a couple of years later when I realized that she was much older than 29! I was also confused when I realized my grandparents were also in the area! They were on a tour of the western United States as well and it was probably by design that they were able to celebrate their daughter's birthday.
Leaving the Alexander home, we traveled to the Grand Canyon. Breathtaking, beautiful, scenic, awesome are only a few words to describe what a magnificent wonder it is. When we had left California, the temperature was over 100 but as we got to the rim of the Canyon, the temperature had a drop of over 40 degrees. I remember wearing a sweater as we stood gazing out over such a majestic sight.
Leaving the Grand Canyon, we drove northeast toward Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy. We stayed with the R.G. Schuster family and toured the Academy.
While there we saw 1800 cadets marching in formation and the beautiful Chapel. It is one building I will never forget being inside. On September 26 our western trip was complete and we began the drive back to Ohio, arriving on September 28.
There are many things I remember very well about the trip – items that weren't part of a tour or a national park or a wonder of the world. Mom had packed a hot plate because even though we were able to stay in the homes of so many family and friends, we were also in a lot of motels! The hot plate enabled her to heat up oatmeal for breakfast or a can of soup for lunch.
A lot of my breakfasts (when not at a home or in a restaurant) were Keebler Cinnamon Graham Crackers and milk (hey, I loved it and still eat it!!). I can remember restaurants we ate at or purchased food to go from: Jerry's (I think it was like Denny's), Kentucky Fried Chicken (before it went by it's initials!), and Howard Johnson's (which is a hotel chain but we'd eat at the restaurant). I remember laundry mats – and oh goodness, there were many laundry mats that Mom and I were at washing clothes. Well, she washed and dried, and I sat and watched. I believe a lot of them were a dime. Mom would always need dimes. I remember lying across the backseat of the Pontiac either sleeping or trying not to give in to my car sickness. Every once in awhile, Dad would rouse me so I could "see the sights" – something he knew that I just had to see! Except for the accident. I don't know where it was but we were bumper to bumper on the road. As we got closer, and my parents saw the ambulance (back then, they looked like a hearse) and the emergency vehicles, my Dad realized that whatever it was – was very, very bad. He told me to keep lying down and not to look. I think later after I was older, Mom told me that it was a fatality and there was lots of blood. I also remember the little Wet Naps we always got – especially at KFC. And guess what I thought those little sudsy napkins were for? Cleaning the car windows!! That was a big mistake! Those windows I so carefully "cleaned" were loaded with streaks and probably were dirtier than when I started!
Oh – and going over the rainbow? Yes, I feel as if I certainly did! At one point, after my mother could not stand to listen to me asking if we were in Kansas and where was Dorothy's house, she pointed to a run down farm house and said – "That's Dorothy's house!" I spent many years believing that I saw the actual house! (Ok, then I thought that maybe it was the "actual" house from the film until Mom told me she just could not stand to hear me ask that question one more time!) So I don't know if we were in Kansas (which would have been on the way back to Ohio – so I think we were probably in Montana or Idaho when she did that!). I was young enough to see Disneyland as a child would but old enough to be able to remember quite a bit about that trip. And I have tons of pictures to help me remember!
I hope you have enjoyed my Travel Thursday series of Over the Rainbow! I hope to begin a new series soon!
Personal knowledge and written description published in the Beavercreek News (Beavercreek, Ohio), Oct. 19, 1966.
Wikipedia Article online for "Victorville California", 27 July 2012.
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Review: Magic Moments Remix Raspberry Flavoured Vodka
Posted by Arctic Wolf on October 4, 2012
Magic Moments Remix Flavoured Vodkas are triple distilled grain spirits from Radico Khaitan Ltd. (Radio Cask) who is one of India's oldest and largest liquor manufacturers. (Radico Khaitan was formerly known as the Rampur Distillery which was established in 1943.) The Magic Moments brand was launched in November of 2005, and quickly became India's fastest growing deluxe vodka brand, and since then the company has also introduced 6 new vodka flavors or 'remixes', each bottled at 37.5 % alcohol by volume. These remix flavours are, Green Apple, Lemon, Orange, Chocolate, Raspberry, and Lemongrass and Ginger. All of these remix flavours have been recent award winners at the International Spirits Challenge and Monde Selection Award 2011.
AA Impex Ltd. has recently began to import the Magic Moments Vodka and the Remixes from India into Canada. They sent me samples of each spirit such that they could be reviewed here on my website. (Here is a link to the Magic Moments North America Website.)
Here is an excerpt from my review for the Magic Moments Remix Raspberry Flavoured Vodka.
"… The nose, of course, displays a very obvious raspberry scent. The scent is sweet or 'candied' and there is perhaps just a touch of menthol in the aroma as well. It is a very nice expression that had my tasting group (and myself) very enthusiastic about taking a sip… "
Here is a link to the full review:
Review: Magic Moments Remix Raspberry Flavoured Vodka
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RENO, Nevada -- Stewie the Cat, the longest domestic cat in the world at more than 4 feet long from nose to tail, has died.
Stewie was surrounded by family when he succumbed to a yearlong battle with cancer Monday evening at his Reno home, owner Robin Hendrickson said Tuesday. He was 8.
Guinness World Records declared Stewie the record-holder in August 2010, measuring 48.5 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail.
Hundreds of fans flooded Stewie's Facebook site with memories and condolences Tuesday. The Maine Coon cat was a certified therapy animal that frequently visited a Reno senior center and helped promote animal welfare awareness with the Nevada Humane Society.
"Stewie was always very social and loved meeting new people," Hendrickson said. "He has touched many lives, and for that I am grateful."
Stewie's full name was Mymains Stewart Gilligan. Hendrickson bought him from a breeder in Hermiston, Oregon, in 2005. Last month, he attended the International Cat Show in Portland, Oregon.
"He did really well at the show, even though he wasn't feeling totally perfect," said Stewie's breeder, Valerie Horton, who also serves as the show's entry clerk. "He loved being there because he loved the public. He always did."
Horton said Maine Coons are the largest domestic breed of cats. She's been raising them since 1980.
"It's the luck of the draw," Horton said. "We mostly breed for type and temperament, and then hope for the size. Stewie's father came from some very large cats."
Guinness World Records officials did not immediately respond to inquiries about a successor to Stewie's record. The previous record-holder, Leo, a 48-inch-long Maine Coon owned by Frieda Ireland of Chicago, died several years ago.
Stewie was diagnosed in early 2012 with Lymphosarcoma, a malignant disease of the lymphoid tissues. He responded successfully to chemotherapy and was declared cancer-free, but the remission period was brief, and a vet recently found another, more aggressive tumor on his kidneys, Hendrickson said.
"I knew that although we could fight it, the end was near and so I wanted to simply make him comfortable and let him enjoy the time he did have," she said.


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Boyfriend says Waltham man found dead was beaten
WALTHAM -- Officials remain silent about a 34-year-old Waltham man who died last week, but the man who identified himself as the victim's boyfriend says three juveniles have been arrested in connection with the death.
Emmanuel Dolin last talked to Thierry Tullus on Aug. 18 at about 4:30 p.m. The conversation happened two days before Tullus' body was found at 148 Overland Road in the back seat of his own car with his leg hanging out the door.
Dolin, who says he and Tullus have dated since January 2013, said nothing was unusual about their last conversation. Dolin said Tullus told him he would call later, but he didn't.
"I spoke with a detective working on the case and he mentioned that there were people in custody who definitely have something to do with the death. I also know he was beat up," Dolin said. "They don't release any information about [the suspects] because they're juvenile."
The Middlesex District Attorney's Office, tasked with disseminating information, confirmed a death on Overland Road last Wednesday, but wouldn't release the name of the deceased. A spokeswoman said they won't release any more information about the death until they receive a toxicology report, which could take weeks.
The spokeswoman wouldn't confirm or deny whether anyone had been arrested in connection with the death, but courthouse officials were instructed to bring three juveniles up to the courtroom through the back entrance last Friday.
The Waltham Police Department has referred all questions to the DA's office.
Tullus' family last week confirmed it was his body police found on Overland Road. Police taped off a portion of the mostly residential road running parallel to Main Street. They investigated the scene and dusted for prints from about 3 p.m. until the body was removed after 9 p.m., neighbors said.
Dolin said he knew something was awry when Tullus didn't call him Tuesday morning. A daily wakeup call was customary in their relationship, Dolin said.
"He's not [home], he's not picking up his phone and I know Thierry is missing," Dolin said.
Last week, Tullus' relatives said they last saw him Monday evening, before he left the house to go out.
"People are crying in the house and it's just terrible," his sister Laurie Pierre said last week.
Dolin said he started looking everywhere Tuesday, searching any place Tullus might go.
"On Wednesday I said, 'this is the last day for me to find Thierry. If I don't find him today – it's a different story,'" Dolin said.
He added that since last week, he hasn't been told anything more about Tullus' death, putting him in a state of despair.
"There are so many questions that I will never find answers to," Dolin said.


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BOSTON (AP) -- The Red Sox and the Bruins both scrapped their games. The famous Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall was closed, and there were more pigeons than tourists on City Hall Plaza. Even the Starbucks at Government Center was shuttered.
The killing of one suspected Boston Marathon bomber and the manhunt for another brought life in large swaths of the notoriously gridlocked Beantown to a screeching halt, leaving residents and tourists alike frustrated and angry.
"It took me an hour and a half to find a coffee this morning," Daniel Miller, a financier from New York, said as he wandered the desolate plaza beside a statue of patriot Samuel Adams. "I was joking with a person that I guess the strategy is we'll make this person not be able to get a coffee in the morning, and maybe they'll give up."
For Steve Parlin, who is staying at a veteran's shelter on Court Street, in the shadow of City Hall, the scene was nothing to joke about.
"Helicopters are flying over," the Gulf War-era Coast Guard veteran said as he strolled across the plaza, a bottle of water in his hand. "Everything's closed. It's creepy. Machine guns. Creepy."
Here's a look at some of the relatively empty city:
Gov. Deval Patrick, Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis ordered all people in the city of Boston to shelter in place. Several area colleges and universities were locked down. Commuter rail, bus and subway service were suspended, and thousands of workers were told to stay home.
The potential impact on businesses and the local economy was not immediately clear. Jon Hurst, President of the Massachusetts Retailers Association, said he had no estimate yet.
"Certainly it is in the tens of millions for retail and restaurants, and in hundreds of millions in lost productivity when adding in offices, etc.," he wrote in an email to the AP.
Filming for director David O. Russell's movie "American Hustle" was halted because of the manhunt and lockdown. The mayhem also interrupted Dallas couple Tom and Vy Nguyen's fifth wedding anniversary trip to the city.
The couple was hoping to visit the Museum of Fine Art, Fenway Park and several other landmarks. Instead, they were having a hard time just finding a restaurant that was open.
"I just want to eat," Tom Nguyen, 32, a health-care company analyst, said as they passed the normally raucous Big Apple Circle big top at Government Center. "I've never seen a city shut down like this for one person. . This is very bizarre for us."
One place that did not shut down was the Union Oyster House, which bills itself as "America's oldest restaurant." But it was definitely easier to find a table than during your typical lunchtime.
Several people hunched over seafood and beers around the semicircular bar, and only a few tables upstairs were occupied. Manager Troy Thissell said that didn't matter.
"The city of Boston said do the best you can do. Our choice. So we chose to open," said Thissell, who was sporting a "Boston Strong" button on his shirt. "We've always in the past. During blizzards and other things, we do open. And we're going to continue to do so.
For people accustomed to the bustle of this "big small town," the quiet was unsettling.
"We just went to get a cup of coffee, and there's no line at Dunkin' Donuts," said electrician Joe Gore, who was sipping his java on a picnic table bear Rowes Wharf, where he was helping wire a new Starbucks. "So it's pretty scary quiet."
Many people seemed to understand the drastic measures. But others considered it ridiculous.
Miller recently moved to New York after spending the past five years in Israel. As the 29-year-old in the black yarmulke strolled through the city's Holocaust memorial, he couldn't help feeling that officials here were overreacting.
"You know, when Israel gets one rocket attack, let's say it injures three people," he said. "It's terrible. This event, thank God it only killed three people. And it injured a lot of people. If a rocket attack injures five people, 10 people in Israel and kills one person, we think, `Oh, thank God it only killed one person. it didn't kill 50 people.'"
Miller understands that this kind of event is still relatively rare in the United States, and unheard of in Boston. But he said this is the kind of mayhem terrorists want, and Boston is giving it to them.
"Hopefully, Americans will realize what Israelis have to go through and have more solidarity for them and understand when they fight back and retaliate," he said. "Because that's exactly what Boston's doing today. They're going and doing everything possible in order to get this one person. The city has come to a halt in order to get this one person."
Scott Lapworth drove in from Thompson, Ct., to do a wallpapering job near the waterfront Friday morning and noticed that the commute was not nearly as hairy as usual.
"I don't think I've ever seen it so deserted down here," he said as he chewed a ham and cheese sandwich on the steps beside Faneuil Hall.
"It's unfortunate that these type of people are around, but it's not going to keep me from coming to work or going to places to eat in public or stuff," he said, munching on chips. "I'm not going to let them change MY lifestyle."
Jesse Bonelli, a video game artist who lives in locked-down Watertown, stayed inside his house and sharpened a machete - just in case.
"It's something I usually keep hanging on the wall, but it's the only weapon I have," said Bonelli, 23. "I want to be ready in case anyone bursts into the house. After everything that happened this week, I keep wondering what's next."
Associated Press writers William J. Kole and Carla K. Johnson also contributed to this report.


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Spartacus' Manu Bennett Discusses Crixus' Bloodlust, Remembers Andy Whitfield
[Warning: The following contains spoilers from the most recent Spartacus episode.]
The Undefeated Gaul finally fulfilled his destiny.
On Friday's Spartacus: War of the Damned, the rebel forces parted ways... permanently. Spartacus (Liam McIntyre) led the fugitives north toward the Alps and the promise of freedom, while Crixus (Manu Bennett) took his group westward towards Rome and ultimately, to their death. And although Crixus' defeat was disheartening, it was to be expected. "Well, historically, it was going to be the case anyway," Bennett tells TVGuide.com. "Anyone who went onto Wikipedia knew."
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It's a bittersweet ending for Bennett, who is the only actor to have starred in all three seasons of Spartacus and the prequel series. That means that he's one of the few who has worked with both of the men who portrayed the series' titular hero: the late Andy Whitfield who died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma after portraying Spartacus in the first season and McIntyre, who took over the role in the second season onward.
"We had a lovely moment [in my final episode] where I said to Spartacus, 'I once said we could have been as brothers,'" Bennett says. "It was a homage to a similar moment I also had in the first season with Andy Whitfield. So that was a very poignant moment for me in terms of going full circle with this television show." Bennett had also been a vocal supporter of the Kickstarter campaign to raise money for Be Here Now, a documentary that chronicles Whitfield's battle with cancer, and called his former co-star a "great, great man."
Check out what else Bennett had to say about his Spartacus swan song:
Even though history dictated that Crixus died, we were still halfway hoping that he'd succeed in taking over Rome.
Manu Bennett: [Laughs] That would be a whole new series! We would all be speaking French there. ... We'd be buying croissants in Rome.
We can't find an account of how Crixus was specifically killed. Why do you think he was beheaded on the show?
Bennett: I think the idea of that was so that symbolically, in the next episode following, [his partner] Naevia (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) could return my head to Spartacus.
Were you satisfied with the way you were beheaded? We only saw your head get lopped off in slow-mo through a reflection in Naevia's eye.
Bennett: They treated it beautifully. ... Most bodies just flop to the ground in this kind of unceremonious splatter of blood that is very dehumanizing to the spirit of most characters that get killed on our show. Whereas they didn't show that mortal end for Crixus. They decided to make it poetic and shoot into the eye of Naevia. ... It made it somehow just an emotion, much like a lot of his story line with Naevia was. It was almost semi-romantic.
Did you have to make a cast of your head?
Bennett: They did. Funnily enough, it came back looking nothing like me. In fact, it looked like one of our stunt guys. We were all laughing. ... I still haven't seen the following episode when it's presented to know whether or not it looks like me.
It seems that in these past few episodes, Spartacus wants more peace, while Crixus can't let go of his bloodlust.
Bennett: Crixus keeps trying to say to Spartacus, "Why are we turning from the Romans?" Spartacus is always saying, "Because we're trying to free these people, not get them all killed." And Crixus is like, "We can use them as an army and wipe out the Romans forever." Crixus made a decision to take who he could, and Spartacus took who he could. In any historic reference to battles where forces are divided, they don't actually end victorious. You can see that the division of numbers can be also critical.
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What do you make of Naevia becoming the most bloodthirsty rebel of them all this season? She chopped Ulpianus' hand in half when he reached for bread, and she killed Attius (Cohen Holloway) for a crime he never committed!
Bennett: When it came to the Ulpianus (Charlie Bleakley) hand-slicing moment, she unraveled yet again. ... Reading all the blog sites, I saw there was a lot of venting against Naevia, saying, "What's she doing? She's crazy! She's going to drag Crixus to his death." With her newfound bloodlust to take vengeance against Romans, she veered Crixus off into the same direction. He knew that he'd either hold her hand in some sense of eternal love, whether it'd be running off into the sunset or turning towards the gates of Rome. He always knew it was one or the other. Crixus was hoping for a more romantic end to his scenario with Naevia.
Why do you think that even though Crixus was facing off with the mighty Caesar (Todd Lasance), it's the young Tiberius (Christian Antidormi) who ultimately took him down?
Bennett: Unfortunately, there's little Tiberius behind me with his spear, so that Crixus is brought down by this child, which is quite profound. He's brought down by the symbolic youth of Rome, the future of Rome. ... He can't overpower Rome because symbolically it's got that ongoing force that's going to go on for centuries to come.
Was it also fitting because Crixus took Tiberius' sword from that earlier battle?
Bennett: At the time, I went up to [Spartacus executive producer Steven] DeKnight, intrigued, and said, "Why am I taking this sword?" No one had given me an answer on it, except, "That sword comes in later on in the season." So we shot this scene where Crixus did examine this sword, and it was the harbinger of his own demise further down the line.
Speaking of swords, did you get one from the set as a memento?
Bennett: Well, because I finished two episodes out from the end of the series, I ended up heading off to L.A. and whatnot. We got this email saying, "For those of you who are interested in acquiring things from set, don't even ask because it's all being shipped off to Starz to be auctioned." It was lousy. I really wanted Crixus' outfit from the last scene. But the thing is, we were recently in New York for a promo, and I nicked one of the swords there. [Laughs] We were ringing the NASDAQ bell, and I made the suggestion that we have swords, and they said, "Oh, that's a good idea," so they flew all of these swords down to New York from the Starz headquarters. Then I had the sword in my sights. ... I kind of snuck out the back door with it.
Will you miss Crixus, Naevia and Agron? What did you think about the lesson Tiberius gave to Caesar?
Spartacus will return for its final two episodes on Friday, April 5 at 9/8c on Starz.
View original Spartacus' Manu Bennett Discusses Crixus' Bloodlust, Remembers Andy Whitfield at TVGuide.com
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Less Wrong members sometimes arrange meetups to meet each other in meat space. Some geographic areas have groups that do this regularly. This list also includes some virtual (online meetups), See Less_Wrong_meetup_groups#Virtual. Also see: Less Wrong meetup group resources.
A map of individual user locations is also available.
- 1.1 Albany, NY
- 1.2 Ann Arbor, MI
- 1.3 Atlanta, GA
- 1.4 Austin, TX
- 1.5 Baltimore, MD
- 1.6 Bay Area, CA
- 1.7 Boston, MA
- 1.8 Buffalo, NY
- 1.9 Chicago, IL
- 1.10 Columbus, OH
- 1.11 Dallas / Fort Worth, TX
- 1.12 Denver, CO
- 1.13 Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 1.14 Huntsville, AL
- 1.15 Washington, DC
- 1.16 Madison, WI
- 1.17 Minneapolis, MN
- 1.18 New Hampshire
- 1.19 New Haven, CT
- 1.20 New York City, NY
- 1.21 Ohio
- 1.22 Phoenix, AZ
- 1.23 Philadelphia, PA
- 1.24 Pittsburgh, PA
- 1.25 Portland, OR
- 1.26 Research Triangle, NC (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)
- 1.27 Rochester, NY
- 1.28 Salt Lake City, UT
- 1.29 Seattle, WA
- 1.30 Socorro, NM
- 1.31 Southern California, CA
- 2 Canada
- 3 Europe
- 3.1 Vienna, Austria
- 3.2 Brussels, Belgium
- 3.3 Sofia, Bulgaria
- 3.4 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 3.5 Helsinki, Finland
- 3.6 Paris, France
- 3.7 Prague, Czech Republic
- 3.8 Brno, Czech Republic
- 3.9 Berlin, Germany
- 3.10 Cologne, Germany
- 3.11 Frankfurt/Mainz, Germany
- 3.12 Hamburg, Germany
- 3.13 Munich, Germany
- 3.14 Budapest, Hungary
- 3.15 The Netherlands
- 3.16 Warsaw, Poland
- 3.17 Kraków, Poland
- 3.18 Poznan, Poland
- 3.19 Moscow, Russia
- 3.20 St. Petersburg, Russia
- 3.21 Bratislava, Slovakia
- 3.22 Madrid, Spain
- 3.23 Stockholm, Sweden
- 3.24 London, UK
- 3.25 Cambridge, UK
- 3.26 Oxford, UK
- 4 Australia
- 5 New Zealand
- 6 Middle East
- 7 South America
- 8 Asia
- 9 Virtual
- 10 Blog posts
- 11 See also
Albany, NY
- Weekly meetings, announced on mailing list: Less Wrong NY Capital Region
Ann Arbor, MI
The Ann Arbor Area Amalgam of Rationalist-Adjacent Anthropoids has a Google mailing list and website.
- Meetings every other Saturday, from 16:00 until about midnight. Usually near downtown Ann Arbor.
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
- Venue: Central Market (for now, check back for possible changes), on Saturdays at 1:30pm.
- Mailing List: Austin Less Wrong
Baltimore, MD
- Meets every Sunday evening at 20:00
- Meetings are on the top floor of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building at UMBC
- Email us to be added to the mailing list.
Bay Area, CA
- There's now an umbrella site at BayRationality.com for finding local rationalist people and events
- Mailing list: BayAreaLessWrong
- Meets every Friday evening at 7pm
- Meetings are at the CFAR office, at 2030 Addison, 7th floor, Berkeley
- For meetup announcements, see the BayAreaLessWrong mailing list.
San Francisco
- Re-started fairly recently (as of Feb. 2015)
- Generally meetups happen on Mondays at 6pm; location varies
- Meetups are announced on the bayarealesswrong list
- Contact: rocurley or maia.
South Bay
- Wiki page
- We mostly communicate over the Bay Area Less Wrong mailing list
- Monthly Meetups, usually at Googleplex
- Has not had a meet up in a while
- Mailing list: lw-sf
Stanford\Palo Alto
- Venue: Stanford's Old Union, typically room 121, 4:30-6:00 Sundays
- Contact Caroline Ellison, Kelsey Piper, or Alex Richard,
Boston, MA
- meetup.com group
- Meets at 3:30pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, at the Citadel rationalist house (98 Elm St Apt 1, Somerville, MA)
Buffalo, NY
- Facebook Group
- Meeting are once or twice a month scheduled based on people's availability but typically on Sundays at the Panera Bread on Elmwood (765 Elmwood Ave) or the Panera on Main. Details are liable to change based on organizer's schedule. Visit FB group page for up to date information. The Facebook group also acts like a nice portal for sharing thoughts and asking questions, so feel free to join even if you don't think you can attend meetups.
- We also host game nights about once a month based on people's availability. In the past we played board games. Currently we are playing a tabletop RPG.
- Contact: Email Buffalo LW
Chicago, IL
- Chicago Rationality
- Regular meetups: Sundays at 1 PM, UChicago Harper Memorial Library Room 148
- Contact: mingyuan
- Less Wrong Chicago mailing list (inactive), SSC Chicago mailing list, Facebook group
- Effective Altruism Chicago
- Irregular meetings
- Effective Altruism Chicago, UChicago Effective Altruism
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Columbus, OH
- Columbus Rationality is a very active group. We hold workshops every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 7:30 PM, in the HCCO office. We sometimes hold social gatherings on the 5th Monday of the month.
- Meetup page (posted under HCCO umbrella): [1]
- Facebook group: [2]
- Contact: AdAstra
Dallas / Fort Worth, TX
- Meets every Sunday at 1 PM at America's Best Coffee in Arlington
- Mailing list: [3]
Denver, CO
- Meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7 PM at Darcy's Bistro & Pub. In the back room when we can get it, general seating otherwise.
- Location: Darcy's Bistro and Pub - 4955 S Ulster St #103, Denver, CO 80237 map
- Contact: Email Steven Zuber
Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Meetings every Saturday 6pm-9pm
- Location: map
- Contact: Stuart David
Huntsville, AL
- New group! Meeting frequency TBD. Likely biweekly or monthly, Fridays or Saturdays, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
- Group Links: Facebook, Meetup.com
- Contact: Ricky Moore
Washington, DC
- Recurring meetup most Sundays at 15:00, usually in the courtyard of the Old Patent Office Building.
- Mailing list: Less Wrong DC
- Contacts: RobinZ or markas.
Madison, WI
- LessWrong Madison (inactive)
- Last known event: 20 June 2015
- LessWrong Madison mailing list, Facebook group
- Effective Altruism Madison
- Meets often, no regular schedule
- Website, Meetup.com group, mailing list, Facebook group
Last updated: 21 April 2017
Minneapolis, MN
- NEW in 2015
- Meets twice/month at noon at Freight House Dunn. Brothers
Mailing List: Minneapolis Mailing List
- Contact: brandoni
- Social: Weekly board game collaboration with Minnesota Atheists "Godless Gamers" at Fantasy Flight Games, Sundays at 2pm.
New Hampshire
- NEW in 2015
- Meets twice/month on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 pm at a private residence in Manchester.
- Contact: Elizabeth Edwards
- Facebook group: [4]
New Haven, CT
- NEW in 2014
- Venue: Yale University; meets weekly, typically Thursdays 16:30-18:00
- Online: Website, Meetup.com, Facebook Group
- Contact: Mojmir Stehlik, or Yale EA
New York City, NY
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- Weekly, Tuesday, usually 7-11pm, Most often Private Residence, but varies (check mailing list)
- Mailing list: Main Google Group
- One active group in Columbus, details of which are here.
Phoenix, AZ
- We meet irregularly on weekends at Hayden Library (In the middle of Arizona State University's Tempe Campus)
- Contact: Danny_Hintze
Philadelphia, PA
- LessWrong Philadelphia: We meet every other week. Welcome!
- Mailing list: LessWrong Philadelphia
- Philly Political Agnostics: rational, non-partisan discussion of politics; draws heavily from LW & SSC
- Meetup Page: Philly Political Agnostics
Pittsburgh, PA
- Mailing list: Pittsburgh Less Wrong
Portland, OR
- October 2014: Next meeting is:
- 1:00pm on Saturday, 18th October, 2014
- 2945 NE 64th Ave, Portland, OR
- This month: Teaching improv techniques. Last month's discussion mentioned that they might be useful as a tool toward personal behavior modification.
- 1:00pm on Saturday, 18th October, 2014
- Meetups are planned for the 3rd Saturday of each month, at the same location and 1 PM.
- Mailing list: LessWrong Portland
Research Triangle, NC (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)
- Mailing list: Research Triangle Less Wrong
- Durham LW meetups on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays of every month, at Cocoa Cinnamon (420 W Geer St, Durham NC 27701) if the weather is nice, otherwise the location in the announcement.
- Durham occasional HPMoR/etc discussion meetups on Saturday around 12:00 p.m. at Fullsteam (726 Rigsbee Av, Durham NC 27701)
- Refer to the calendar for exact meetup dates.
Rochester, NY
- Started September, 2015
- New meetups posted at the google group
Salt Lake City, UT
- Google Group/mailing list: [5]
- and Facebook Group: [6]
Seattle, WA
The Seattle LW+Disaspora community is relatively active and has ~50 members. Events are organized through several venues:
- Seattle Rationality has a weekly sequences reading group at the University of Washington.
- Seattle Effective Altruists meets about monthly at libraries in central and north Seattle.
- Seattle MIRIx and Friendly AI research meets sporadically, usually at private homes.
Other infrastructure:
- Seattle Effective Altruists Meetup page (mostly mirror of facebook group)
- LW-Seattle Mailing list, now mostly defunct.
- There is a slack channel with 10k+ posts, come to a reading group to get the info.
Socorro, NM
- Website: nmt.edu/~waffles/baycon
- Usually meets Sunday evenings in Cramer 101 at NMT (check website for firm schedule)
- Contact: jcrawfordor
Southern California, CA
- Typical Venue: Restaurants in Los Angeles and Orange County
- Schedule: About once a month, on a weekend
- Primary Organizer: JenniferRM JenniferRM
- Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements
- Calendar: SoCal LW Meetups
- NB: Defunct.
For help with transportation, check for carpool opportunities in meetup announcements and comments.
Los Angeles
- Weekly, Wednesdays at 7pm in the Del Taco near Santa Monica Blvd and Sepulveda Blvd.
- Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements
Toronto, ON
- Organization: Check on meetup.com
- Typical Venue: Libraries or people's homes
- Schedule: Thursdays
- Contact: Giles Edkins [7] or Tuxedage [8]
All meetups are announced and organized on meetup.com.
- Time: Meetings aren't held on a regular schedule currently. Join the google group to find out about meeting times.
- Mailing list: Waterloo Google Group
Previous meetups have included presentations on books and discussions on HPMOR.
- Mailing list: Ottawa Google Group
- Meetup.com site: Less Wrong Ottawa will no longer be advertised on Meetup.com, though related Ottawa Skeptics pub events will cover the same interest group. If you are interested in RSVP'ing for the LW meetups, you can send a private message to user Swimmer963.
Nova Scotia
- Venue: Private residence
- Contact: [9]
We meet every week, usually somewhere in Kitsilano or downtown.
We do most of our organizing on the VanLWmeetup Facebook group and have a mailing list: Vancouver Rationalists
- Time: varied
- Frequency: about once every 2 weeks
- Venue: the Macroscope (a rationalist sharehouse), McGill University, and other places
- Facebook group: Less Wrong Montreal
- Google group: Google Group
- Contacts: bartimaeus, MathieuRoy
- Meetups Content: CfAR-inspired exercises (CoZE exercises, de-bugging, etc.), social meetups, celebrations (ex.: for Petrov Day Ceremony), documentary watching, and other.
Vienna, Austria
- Facebook group[10]
- Meets every month
- Contact Ratcourse to be added to the mailing list
Brussels, Belgium
- Web page
- Wiki page (not kept updated)
- contact: Roxolan and Axel
- venue: La Fleur en Papier Doré, Rue des Alexiens 55, 1000 Brussels
- frequency: monthly (second Saturday of the month at 1am)
- average attendance: 4-5
Sofia, Bulgaria
- Contact: [11]
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Mailing list: less-wrong-copenhagen
Helsinki, Finland
Paris, France
- Mailing list: lesswrong-france
- Contact Emile or Morendil
- Schedule: irregular
Prague, Czech Republic
- Contact kotrfa
- Discussion and announcements at Facebook group
- Website (inc. google calendar)
- Schedule: every two weeks
Brno, Czech Republic
Berlin, Germany
- Website: http://www.lesswrong.de
- Mailing list: lw-berlin
- Contact spuckblase or blob
- Schedule: at least once per month, usually biweekly
Cologne, Germany
Frankfurt/Mainz, Germany
- Mailing list: less-wrong-frankfurt
- Contact: Kendra
- Schedule: irregular
Hamburg, Germany
- Mailing list: [14]
- Contact: [15]
- Schedule: possibly bi-weekly, alternating Friday and Saturday/Sunday
Munich, Germany
- Meetup announcements on Meetup.com
- Discussion and announcements (partly in German) also in Facebook group.
- Schedule: monthly (usually first weekend in the month, see announcements)
Budapest, Hungary
- Venue: California Coffee Company Basilica (coffee shop), Szent Istvan ter 4-5. Link
- Schedule: weekends, see mailing list.
- Mailing list: BudLessWrong
- Contact AlexeyM or katyusha
The Netherlands
Note: there used to be just an EA group here, but now there is also a LW group, meeting biweekly in Amsterdam and Utrecht
Join our Facebook and our Meetup
Original EA group:
Find us on meetup.com and The Facebook.
Warsaw, Poland
More information on our LessWrong Wiki page: Warsaw Meetup Group
Kraków, Poland
- Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rationalitykrakow
- Schedule: recently Thursdays at 6.30 pm, but check the above mailing list for updates
- Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LWKrakow/
Poznan, Poland
- Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/less-wrong-poznan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lw.poznan/
- Schedule: Sundays at 6 - 8 pm, but check mailing list or fb page for up-to-date info
- Contact: mail
Moscow, Russia
- Schedule: Sundays every three weeks, 2pm.
- Announcements in Russian: Russian meet ups.
- Mailing list: rationality-in-moscow
- Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you want to start meet up group in another Russian city, feel free contact us, we will help with anything we can.
St. Petersburg, Russia
- Schedule: Saturdays every week / every two weeks, 6pm.
- Applied rationality workshop: vk event.
- Regular meetings: vk community, vk event.
- Meetup.com page.
- Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Madrid, Spain
- Contact: jsevillamol, pvs
- Regular meetups beginning March 2017. If you would like to attend, please contact us.
- Newcomers to the rationality community/ people who want to know more about rationality specially welcome.
Last updated: 21 April 2017
Stockholm, Sweden
- Regular meetups: Fridays at 5:45 PM, Lindstedtsvägen 3, room 1537, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sverige
- Meetups posted regularly on LessWrong
- We meet and start hanging out at 5:45, but don't officially start doing the meetup topic until 6:00 to accommodate stragglers. We often go out for dinner after the meetup.
- Influence times and topics
Last updated: 21 April 2017
London, UK
- Venue: Varies, see Mailing list and LessWrong. But very often the Shakespeare's Head, London WC2B 6BG map. Look for the Art Lebedev paperclip sign on our table.
- Schedule: Biweekly meetups every other Sunday at 2:00 pm.
- LessWrongLondon Mailing list
- Less Wrong London Facebook group
Cambridge, UK
- Schedule: Irregular times and places -- join the mailing list to see when something's going to happen, or to suggest a meetup.
- Mailing list: CambridgeLessWrong
Oxford, UK
- Oxford Rationality Meetups
- Venue: Exeter College
- Schedule: Saturday termtimes - normally 6-8pm.
- Contact Larks or AlexFlint for details.
- Australia-wide online meetups approximately once per month (currently on a Sunday around the middle of the month). Announced on the Less Wrong site and on the Facebook groups for Sydney and Melbourne. Upcoming meetups in 2015 are unplanned but are roughly bi-monthly.
Brisbane has not yet had an in-person meetup but they are growing as a facebook group, when we have enough interest we will organise a meetup. Brisbane Facebook group
- Weekly on a Thursday 5-7pm. We alternate between a social week (boardgames, chatting etc) Then a more structured week.
- Venue: Room 3.39 of the Hancock Library: [18]
- Facebook group: Less Wrong Canberra
- Records of previous meetups: [[19]]
- Rationality Dojos on the second Sunday of each month, usually held at the Henley Club in the central CBD (unless otherwise announced through our usual channels).
- Social Meetups on the fourth Friday night of each month, at a writer bar in the CBD.
- We often organise impromptu social outings and excursions.
See our facebook group or mailing list for event details:
- Facebook group: Less Wrong Melbourne
- Mailing list: Melbourne Less Wrong
- Meetup group: Perth Less Wrong
- Facebook group [20]
- Contact: ab9
- General meetup on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Will include a combination of social and rationality-improvement exercises.
- Rationality dojo on the first Sunday of the month. Focused on rationality improvement talks and exercises.
- Irregular social meetups (whenever we come up with a good excuse) usually a fortnight after the main meetups
- contact elo
- Sydney's Lesswrong wiki page
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lesswrongsydney/
New Zealand
- Schedule: Every second Sunday
- Venue: Usually a discussion room in James Hight library (University of Canterbury)
Middle East
Tel Aviv, Israel
- Schedule: Once every two weeks
- Venue: Usually Google Israel offices (29th floor, Electra tower, Yigal Allon 98, Tel Aviv)
- Mailing list,Facebook group
Last updated: 21 April 2017
South America
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Schedule: Irregular.
- Venue: Starbucks or GarageLab
- Mailing list: Google Group
- Website: [21]
São Paulo, Brazil
- Schedule: Every second Saturday of each month
- Venue: Vanilla Café
- Mailing list: Google Group
- Meetup group: Racionalidade em São Paulo
- Website: http://racionalidade.com.br
- Schedule: Irregular
- Venue: Irregular
- Mailing list for notification about each meeting: [22]
- Mailing list for discussion: [23]
Tokyo, Japan
- Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LessWrongTokyo/
Bengaluru, India
Meetup group : http://www.meetup.com/Bangalore-LessWrongers-Meetup/
Schedule : 2nd Saturday of every month, subject to availability of members as on that day.
We have been meeting for more than 1.5 years now. Sound us out if anyone is interested.
Australia mega-meetups
see Less_Wrong_meetup_groups#Australia
Online Study Hall
This is a 24/7 virtual co-working space open to all aspiring rationalists. We have an active community of regulars and not-so-regulars from all continents, though the chat is most active during the European afternoon/evening.
The Study Hall is now fully independent from Tinychat! Try it out again if you were having technical trouble with the Tinychat platform.
- Available under this link
- FAQ and intro here
- Documentation of the founding of the Study Hall
- Information about the IRC chat can be found here
- The slack chat group channel was created in August 2015 contact lesswrong user Elo to join. More information can be found in the first link.
There is a LessWrong Discord.
The SSC Discord is friendly to LessWrong. There is talk of creating a LessWrong channel.
Blog posts
- Humans are not automatically strategic by AnnaSalamon
- Less Wrong NYC: Case Study of a Successful Rationalist Chapter by Cosmos
- Epistle to the New York Less Wrongians by Eliezer Yudkowsky


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Review: Monster ClarityHD Micro
When I first saw the Soundmatters FoxL portable audio system, I knew I'd found something cool, but I didn't realize it would start a movement. The FoxL proved that a tiny, briefcase-toteable sound system could deliver satisfying sound. Since then, we've seen lots of products inspired by the FoxL, including the Jawbone Jambox, the Braven 650, and now the Monster ClarityHD Micro.
The ClarityHD Micro is Monster's second entry in the Bluetooth speaker category. It's a much larger, more complex, more advanced, and more expensive product than its predecessor, the iClarity HD. It's available in black or white. The front and back grilles are magnetically attached so they're easy to swap out, and Monster promises it'll offer grilles in different colors so you can customize your ClarityHD Micro. (The grilles weren't yet available on Monster's website when this review was written.)
On the surface, the ClarityHD Micro looks like a beefed-up FoxL. Like the FoxL, it has two powered drivers, although the Micro's 1.3-inch cone drivers are larger than the FoxL's 1-inch domes. Like the FoxL, the Micro has a rear-mounted passive radiator, although the Micro's is about 35% larger. (Unlike the FoxL, though, it doesn't appear to use its rechargeable battery as mass-loading for the passive radiator.) Like the FoxL, the Micro connects through Bluetooth or an analog 3.5mm input; the Micro's Bluetooth (like the more recent FoxL v2's) is compatible with apt-X and AAC codecs for better sound. Both double as speakerphones.
The ClarityHD Micro's feature set, though, is more advanced, rivaling the Jambox's. Voice prompts talk you through the Bluetooth connection process and other operations. Monster promises you'll soon be able to update the Micro with different voices for the prompts. Like some Bluetooth headsets, the ClarityHD Micro accepts basic voice commands. Most of these are oriented toward phone operations, such as answering calls, but there's also a useful battery check function.
Buttons on the top provide basic control functions for a Bluetooth-connected device, including play/pause and forward/reverse track skip. These can be a little dicey, though, because the volume up/down buttons double as track skip buttons. You have to hold them down to adjust the volume. I often found myself unintentionally skipping tracks when I'd just wanted to bring the volume up or down one notch.
Surprisingly, the ClarityHD Micro costs $229, just $30 more than the FoxL.
The Micro on music
The first music I listened to on the Micro was "Vashkar," an avant-garde jazz tune by composer Carla Bley, performed with kick-ass abandon by the Tony Williams Lifetime on their Emergency! album. It's not something I chose as a test - in fact, it's a notoriously subpar recording of a fantastic performance - but it's the first thing that came up on my iPod touch. I noticed right away that the sound was brighter and thinner than I expected. Tony Willliams' kick drum and Larry Young's deepest organ notes sounded practically absent from the mix; John McLaughlin's distorted guitar and Williams' snare and cymbals dominated.
When I switched to my FoxLv2 and played the same cut, I found the tonal balance much more pleasing and the bass substantially fuller. That's a little shocking considering the ClarityHD Micro has larger drivers and about double the FoxL's physical volume.
Better recordings confirmed my initial impression. Deep bass notes that the FoxL cranked out fairly easily, such as the deepest tones in Olive's "Falling" and Holly Cole's "Train Song," seemed almost totally muted through the ClarityHD Micro. Even non-bass-heavy stuff, like "Too Long" by the energetic Pacific Northwest acoustic revivalist group The Crow Quill Night Owls, sounded fuller through the FoxL. (And it's worth noting that the Jawbone Jambox delivers an even fuller, more satisfying sound than the FoxL.)
The ClarityHD Micro did play 2 to 3 dB louder than the FoxL on my ultramega-exclusive MCMäxxx™ test, in which I crank up Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart" until it sounds too distorted, then back it off one notch and measure the output at 1 meter. But even though it played louder, the treble-heavy balance made the sound less enjoyable to me.
I gave the ClarityHD Micro several more days of listening, including some all-day-long talk radio sessions, just to make sure it was broken in, but the sound didn't change significantly.
Wondering if a little EQ might help, I opened the basic five-band EQ app on my Motorola Droid Pro. It definitely improved matters. Bringing the treble down -3 dB at 14 kHz and -1.5 dB at 3.6 kHz gave the ClarityHD Micro a more pleasing tonal balance. Activating the EQ's BassBoost function and kicking it up to 70% made the sound slightly fuller, but there wasn't enough bass capability there to get the Micro rocking enough for my taste.


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Don't let National Pie Day pass you by
Happy National Pie Day. It's today. I know, it crept up on you. I hear you, it happened to me, too. But it's not too late for us to celebrate. Here are three ways to embrace this beloved holiday:
1. Pie worth a try. Don't let the day go by without indulging. Pick your pie. Maybe you want to make a family favorite or go buy a pie from a local bakery. If you're inclined to try something new and simple, consider making a minty grasshopper pie infused with Andes candies. See recipe below.
2. Protect your pie. Forget burnt crusts and crimped foil. This year, invest in a metal pie saver that protects the outer edges of your pie's crust. Look at home goods stores for this inexpensive item, or shop online. We found one for $5 at www.southernflavoring.com.
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Find the book at select bookstores, on Kindle, at Amazon.com, or at www.piecouncil.org. ($24.95).
11⁄2 cups cold milk
1 package (3.9 ounces) instant chocolate pudding mix
23⁄4 cups whipped topping, divided
1 package (4.67 ounces) Andes mint candies, chopped, divided
1 9-inch prepared chocolate crumb crust
1⁄4 teaspoon mint extract
2 drops green food coloring, optional
In a small bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in 3⁄4 cup whipped topping. Fold in 3⁄4 cup candies. Spoon into crust. In another bowl, combine extract and remaining whipped topping; add food coloring if desired. Spread over pudding layer; sprinkle with remaining candies. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. Yield: 8 servings.
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Workshop proposal: Hack your Hardware Jtfoote 14:11, 7 November 2008 (PST)
"No user-serviceable parts inside" -- we call bullshit on that!
Bring in your hardware yearning to reach its maximum potential (or give its life for spare parts). We give you permission to take things apart, see what's inside, and improve them. Most electronics failures are caused by bad connections or simple mechanical problems: we'll show you what to look for and how to fix them. Favorite gadget busted? Don't throw it away; fix it! (Or at least autopsy it for the good of science!)
Possible projects:
- Add an extra iPod input jack to your clock radio or computer speakers
- Add a USB hub to a desk lamp (or a bobblehead doll, or a stuffed toy, or...)
- Hotrod your IR remote control to extend the range
- Extract DC motors and other good stuff from that CD player found on the sidewalk
- Fix that funky power jack on your old laptop so you can give it to Mom
- Add another headphone jack (or FM transmitter?) to your laptop
- Add a LED backlight or tasklight to a keyboard or a handheld game
- Add a secondary switch or a dimmer to a power strip
- A one-wire hack turns a discarded ATX PSU into a benchtop power supply
- Replace the tired nicads in your electric toothbrush (or power screwdriver, or other rechargeable gizmo)
- Hotrod your favorite power screwdriver with Li+ batteries
- Circuit-bend that electronic toy for an even more annoying sound
You will have more and better ideas. Bring them and share! (I personally will be adding a pilot light to my desoldering gun so I can tell when it's plugged in and thus burninatingly hot.)
Yes this could be dangerous, and we may break things. That's how we learn.
Interested folks
David Molnar - have a dead laptop to play with
Not yet scheduled, likely after the soldering workshop
Week 1: Take things apart, determine problems, solutions, necessary parts to obtain. Week 2: Having obtained parts, put things back together and smoke-test (if it doesn't smoke, it passes!)
Your comments and suggestions are a crucial part of this: thanks in advance